Turkish special forces enter courthouse to evacuate the building where an Istanbul prosecutor is being held at gunpoint by a far-left Turkish group with demands -- authorities. Gavino Garay reports.
Hostage situation ... police and emergency services outside a courthouse where a prosecutor is being held at gunpoint in Istanbul. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
MEMBERS of a banned leftist group have taken a chief prosecutor hostage in his office inside a courthouse in Istanbul.
The state-run Anadolu Agency and state television, TRT, identified the prosecutor as Mehmet Selim Kiraz, who was investigating the death of a teenager who was hit by a police gas canister fired during nationwide anti-government protests in 2013.
A website close to the left-wing DHKP-C group said that militants from the banned organisation had taken the prosecutor hostage at midday on Tuesday (8pm AEDT) and had given authorities three hours to meet five demands, including forcing policemen held responsible for the teenager's killing to confess the death.
Shocking ... a militant holds a gun to the head of prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz. AFP Source: AFP
The group also demanded that the policemen be tried by "peoples' courts" and for court officials to drop prosecutions or investigations against people who took part in protests denouncing the boy's death.
The website showed a picture of someone holding a gun to Mr Kiraz's head with posters from the group in the background.
Police said negotiators were speaking to two militants in attempts to end the standoff.
Standoff ... Turkish special forces take position in front of the courthouse. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
"There is no problem concerning any of our colleagues. Our negotiators and Umit Kocasakal, the head of the Istanbul Bar Association, are talking to the militants," Istanbul Police Chief Selami Altunok said.
"We are trying to resolve the issue without anyone being hurt," he said.
The private Dogan news agency said some shots were fired inside earlier in the incident.
Politically motivated ... the prosecutor had been probing the politically sensitive death of an anti-government protester. AFP Source: AFP
Mr Dogan said police special forces had entered the building, which was evacuated. It was not clear how the assailants sneaked the arms in to the courthouse.
The DHKP-C, which seeks a socialist state, is considered as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US and the European Union.
The group has carried out sporadic attacks, including a suicide bombing on the US embassy in 2013 that killed a security guard. The group was more active in the 1970s.
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